Lac-au-Saumon, Quebec
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Lac-au-Saumon is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in La Matapédia Regional Council Municipality in the Matapédia Valley.
The municipality had a population of 1,453 as of the Canada 2011 Census.
The village is located on the shores of the eponymous Lac au Saumon (French for "Salmon Lake") that is an enlargement of the Matapédia River. It was known as a spawing ground for salmon, but major pollution from mills made this a thing of the past.[1]
History
The area opened up to colonization in 1863, and the Mission of Saint-Edmond-du-Lac-au-Saumon was founded in 1876. But it was not until 1896 that real settlement began with the arrival of a group of Acadians from the Magdalen Islands. The following year the Lac-au-Saumon post office opened.[1][4]
In 1904, the Municipality of Saint-Edmond was incorporated when it separated from the Parish Municipality of Saint-Benoît-Joseph-Labre (now Amqui). The following year, the Village Municipality of Lac-au-Saumon was established.[1][4]
On December 17, 1997, the Village Municipality of Lac-au-Saumon and the Municipality of Saint-Edmond were amalgamated to form the new Municipality of Lac-au-Saumon.[1]
Demographics
Canada Census data before 2001 (pre-merger):[7]
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Municipal council
- Mayor: Michel Chevarie
- Councillors: Gérald Ruel, Michel Lapierre, Karine Dostie, Patrick Bacon, Sylvain Harvey
Mayors of the Municipality of Lac-au-Saumon
(following the merger with Saint-Edmond)
- Michel Chevarie 2009-
- Jean-Claude Dumoulin 2005-2009
- Aurélien Beaulieu 1998-2005
- Jean-Claude Dumoulin 1997-1998
Mayors of the former Village Municipality of Lac-au-Saumon
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See also
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